The 16 clubs of Women’s Professional League find themselves in the coming months facing a new scenario and thinking about what comes next season 2023-2024. And it has to do with quota of non-EU players which teams of the highest category will get. This is a significant reduction in the number compared to the current quota implemented during this period.
On September 2 of last year, the CSD, due to the lack of agreement between the Women’s League and the Spanish Federation, determined the number of foreign players as non-EU players who could play in the Spanish competition. For the previous season, it was confirmed that there are 9 that can register in any of the 16 teams, seven of which can be on the pitch.
This situation changes significantly for next season where, as agreed by the CSD, there can be only five non-EU players per team, both registered and on the pitch. This means reducing the number of registered players by four compared to the current situation and two in terms of those who can be on the pitch. This is expected to change again at the end of the 2024-2025 season.
These changes can only be changed by having a coordination agreement between La LigaF and the Federation. This is established in article 48 of the Royal Decree of Sports Federations where it says: “The professional leagues will organize their own competitions in coordination with their respective Spanish Sports Federation, and in accordance with the standards that, as the exclusive guarantee of national or international commitments, can be established by Higher Sports Council. Such coordination will be implemented through the signing of agreements between the parties. Such agreements may include, among others, the regulation of the following points: Sports calendar, drawn up in accordance with the provisions of the second additional provision of this Royal Decree. Also promotions and relegations between professional and non-professional competitions; sports arbitration or the composition and functioning of the disciplinary bodies of professional competitions“.
It is precisely point E of the aforementioned agreement where he talks about non-EU players: “Number of non-EU foreign players that can participate in said competitions. The determination of the number of non-EU foreign players authorized to participate in official competitions of a professional nature and state level will be carried out by mutual agreement between the Spanish Sports Federation, the corresponding professional league and the association of professional athletes. In case of disagreement, the provisions of the second additional provision of this Royal Decree shall apply.“. An agreement that is currently not visible in the short term. As long as it does not exist, the CSD has the power to set it, as it happened in September.
Source: La Verdad
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